Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 2)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

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Their names.
 

Their descent.
 

How many
stars each
comet has.
 

Sum
total.
 

Their qualities.
 

From what

direction

they appear.
 

Their prognostics.
 


 

The children
of Kirana.
 

25
 

25
 

Similar to pearls in rivulets of
crystal or gold-coloured.
 

Only in

east and

west.
 

It bodes the fighting of the
kings with each other.
 


 

The children
of the Fire (?)
 

25
 

50
 

Green, or of the colour of fire or
of lac, or of blood, or of the
blossom of the tree.
 

S.E.
 

It bodes pestilence.
 


 

The children
of Death.
 

25
 

75
 

With crooked tails, their colour
inclining to black and dark.
 

S.
 

It bodes hunger  and pesti¬
lence.
 


 

The children
of the Earth.
 

22
 

97
 

Round, radiant, of the colour of
■water or sesame oil, without
tails.
 

N.E.
 

It bodes fertility and wealth.
 


 

The children
of the Moon.
 

3
 

100
 

Like roses, or -white lotus, or sil¬
ver, or polished iron or gold.
It shines like the moon.
 

N.
 

It bodes evil, in consequence
of which the world will be
turned topsy-turvy.
 

Brahma-
danda.
 

Son of Brah¬
man.
 

I
 

lOI
 

Having three colours and three
tails.
 

In all
directions.
 

It bodes wickedness and de¬
struction.
 


 

The children
of Venus.
 

84
 

185
 

White, large, brilliant.
 

N. and

N.E.
 

It bodes evil and fear.
 

Kanaka.
 

The children
of Saturn.
 


 


 

Radiant, as if they -were horns.
 

In all
directions.
 

It    bodes    misfortune   and
death.
 

Vikaca.
 

The children
of Jupiter.
 

65
 


 

Brilliant,   white,   -without   any
tails.
 

S.
 

It bodes destruction and mis¬
fortune.
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